10. JIM THOMPSON HOUSE

James Harrison Wilson or Jim Thomson, was born Greenville, Delaware, in 1906. He was decided to settle down in Thailand permanently. He chooses Architecture career because of his art-loving. When European war becomes more violent, he turned to be a soldier in US army. It is his turning point. He was a member of the US Office of Strategic Services (OSS), during WWII. He had a chance roaming around in Asia, America, Europe and Africa. Thompson revived silk weaving industry in Thailand at the end of the Second World War. He makes Thai silk to be well known in worldwide and he was named as King of Thai silk. Because his love of Thai arts, he bought five Thai houses from Ayutthaya and one from Bankruanua then combined them to 6 twin Thai houses. They were decorated with value antiques and artifacts among perennial plants near Klong Sansap.